Scaling Up Utah's Automated Manufacturing Technician Pipeline

犹他州正在经历一个严重短缺的熟练技术人员在先进的制造业，部分原因是大量的大型和小型工业，继续自动化他们的便利全州。此外，能够为劳动力充分教育和培养未来技术人员的先进制造计划数量有限。除了为高中生创造一个进入先进制造业以支持经济的创新管道外，该项目还将提供一个精心设计的预包装课程和程序资源，可以在全州或全国任何地方轻松共享。该项目将作为应用技术学院和中学如何通过学习管理系统进行合作的模式，同时为参与者提供高薪工作和/或进入大学的途径。还将开发和实施一个专业发展模式，以最好地服务于高中和大学教师，因为他们在自己的机构适应先进制造计划。预计预期的成果和调查结果将为教育界提供一个洞察力，如何建立混合学习环境，包括学习管理系统与高水平的实践培训。该项目将对先进的制造技术人员的能力和质量产生重大影响全州直接影响高中和大学生，布里奇兰技术学院，犹他州技术学院系统以及我们的行业合作伙伴。对学生的好处将是：（1）改进的课程，（2）更高的保留率，（3）进入自动化制造和机器人职业生涯的途径，以及（4）与当地行业领导者的紧密联系。对学院的好处将是：（1）改进的课程，（2）招聘策略的新品牌，（3）增强跟踪/保留，（4）在项目管理/赠款写作先进的领导力发展，以及（5）为学院成为自动化制造的区域培训领导者的途径。对犹他州技术学院系统的好处将是：（1）课程开发和技术学院之间的合作试点，以及（2）如何在犹他州共享和扩展最佳实践的机制。对行业合作伙伴的好处将是：（1）越来越多的学生追求自动化制造业的职业生涯，（2）课程更能反映行业需求。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Utah is experiencing a critical shortage of skilled technicians in advanced manufacturing due, in part, to the abundance of large and small industries which continue to automate their facilitates statewide. Furthermore, there are a limited number of advanced manufacturing programs which are able to adequately educate and prepare future technicians for the workforce. In addition to creating an innovative pipeline of high school students into advanced manufacturing to support the economy, this project will provide a refined prepackaged curriculum and programmatic resources that could be easily shared anywhere across the state or nation. The project will serve as a model on how applied technical colleges and secondary schools can collaborate through learning management systems to simultaneously prepare participants with high paying jobs and/or a pathway to college. A professional development model will also be developed and implemented to best serve high school and college faculty as they adapt the advanced manufacturing program at their own institutions. It is anticipated that the expected outcomes and findings will offer the educational community an insight as to how to build blended learning environments comprised of learning management systems with high levels of hands-on training.This project will make a significant impact on the capacity and quality of advanced manufacturing technicians statewide by directly impacting high school and college students, Bridgerland Technical College, the Utah System of Technical Colleges, and our industry partners. The benefits to students will be: (1) improved curriculum, (2) higher retention rates, (3) access to a pathway into a career into automated manufacturing and robotics, and (4) strong connections to local industry leaders. The benefits to the College will be: (1) improved curriculum, (2) new branding of recruitment strategies, (3) enhanced tracking/retention, (4) advanced leadership development in project management/grant writing, and (5) a pathway for the College to become a regional training leader in automated manufacturing. The benefits to the Utah System of Technical Colleges will be: (1) a pilot of curriculum development and collaboration across technical colleges, and (2) a mechanism of how to share and scale best practices across the State of Utah. The benefits to industry partners will be: (1) growing number of students pursuing careers in automated manufacturing, and (2) a curriculum more reflective of industry needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.